: exchange of food (as from special glands) between social insects (such as ants or termites)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe researchers trained the computer to identify a behavior called trophallaxis, in which honey bees feed their fellow workers by regurgitating food from a pouch called a crop. Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from troph- + Greek allaxis exchange, from allassein to change, exchange, from allos other — more at else